﻿<p>A footing is a part of the foundation of a structure that spreads and transmits the load to the soil. A footing is also characterized as shallow foundation, where the loads are transfered to the ground near the surface.</p>
<blockquote class="extDef">NOTE&nbsp; Definition according to
ISO 6707-1: stepped construction that spreads the load at the foot of a wall or column.</blockquote>

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HISTORY&nbsp; New entity in IFC2x2.
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NOTE&nbsp; Slab foundations, also called slab-on-grade, are not instantiated as <em>IfcFooting</em> but as <em>IfcSlab</em> or as its subtype <em>IfcSlabStandardCase</em>, <em>IfcSlabElementedCase</em> with a predefined type of <em>IfcSlabTypeEnum</em>.BASESLAB. Deep foundations, which transfer the loads to subsurface layers, are represented by <em>IfcPile</em>.
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